Fastest-Growing Vertical AI Companies (2026)
The vertical AI companies with the clearest recent ARR, efficiency, funding, and adoption movements, based on dated public evidence.
Research finding
The strongest current growth signals are clustered around clinical documentation, legal workflows, enterprise search, voice agents, finance operations, and property management.
Fastest-Growing Vertical AI Companies — complete table
| Rank | Company | Sector | ARR | ARR/employee | Employees | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OpenEvidence | Healthcare | $300M | $2.4M | 127 | $12B |
| 2 | Palantir | Defense | $7.7B | $1.7M | 4,429 | $180B |
| 3 | ElevenLabs | Other | $500M | $679K | 736 | $11B |
| 4 | Ramp | Finance | $1.0B | $555K | 1,802 | $44B |
| 5 | Rilla | Home Services | $70M | $530K | 132 | $0.76B |
| 6 | EliseAI | Real Estate | $200M | $408K | 490 | $2.2B |
| 7 | Hebbia | Finance | $50M | $376K | 133 | $0.7B |
| 8 | Toast | Other | $2.4B | $371K | 6,500 | $25B |
| 9 | Clio | Legal | $500M | $362K | 1,380 | $5B |
| 10 | Procore | Construction | $1.5B | $357K | 4,200 | $11B |
| 11 | ServiceTitan | Home Services | $1.1B | $353K | 3,049 | $8.3B |
| 12 | Shield AI | Defense | $540M | $338K | 1,600 | $12.7B |
| 13 | Harvey | Legal | $300M | $313K | 960 | $11B |
| 14 | Cohere | Enterprise | $240M | $310K | 775 | $20B |
| 15 | Glean | Enterprise | $300M | $300K | 1,000 | $7.2B |
| 16 | Deepgram | Enterprise | $100M | $291K | 344 | $1.3B |
| 17 | Anduril | Defense | $2.2B | $288K | 7,651 | $61B |
| 18 | Opendoor | Real Estate | $281M | $270K | 1,042 | $3B |
| 19 | Rogo | Finance | $50M | $259K | 193 | $2B |
| 20 | Sierra | Other | $150M | $249K | 603 | $15.8B |
| 21 | Decagon | Other | $100M | $247K | 405 | $4.5B |
| 22 | Navan | Travel | $880M | $238K | 3,700 | $6.2B |
| 23 | Synthesia | Other | $150M | $227K | 661 | $4B |
| 24 | Gong | Sales | $500M | $222K | 2,254 | $7.25B |
| 25 | Legora | Legal | $150M | $214K | 700 | $5.6B |
| 26 | Runway | Other | $90M | $213K | 422 | $5.3B |
| 27 | Abridge | Healthcare | $100M | $211K | 473 | $5.3B |
| 28 | AlphaSense | Finance | $600M | $200K | 3,000 | $7.5B |
| 29 | Abnormal | Other | $300M | $189K | 1,587 | $5.1B |
| 30 | Cresta | Other | $100M | $179K | 559 | $1.6B |
| 31 | Commure | Healthcare | $200M | $128K | 1,563 | $7B |
| 32 | EvenUp | Legal | $100M | $122K | 822 | $2B |
| 33 | Strala | Insurance | $3M | $120K | 25 | N/A |
| 34 | 9fin | Finance | $40M | $97K | 413 | $1.3B |
| 35 | Avoca | Home Services | $5M | $39K | 127 | $1B |